1/48 Monogram B-29
Superfortress
|
Gallery Article by Paul
Coppin
on July 28 2014
|
|
|
|
Hello everyone this my 1/48 B29 Superfortress of the 444th BG/58th BW and
I've been building this monster on and off for about 2 years, but decided to get back into it just after
the new year and finally finished it on the 1st of June 2014 :) . For an old
Monogram kit, the build was not too bad. It was after I attached the wings that it was awkward to work
on, also what made it more awkward was the wall mounted display bar that was attached to
it. All I did was get a piece of stainless steel rod and bent it to the shape
I wanted, drilled some holes here and there then made some additional supports and it all worked out nicely.
The wood wall support you see in the photos is only temporary until I get something more fitting :)
I also did a bit of scratch building (from my spares box). I had to make the radar domes because this particular aircraft had a different radar than the one that comes with the
kit. I spent many hours searching online for reference pictures and only found a few but was able to work off those and
I think I got it pretty close. I did not go too much into the detailing of the interior as you
can't see much of it at all. I liberated a few pilots out of my spares
box.
Click on
images below to see larger images
|
|
I had quite a lot of filling and sanding to do mainly around the landing gear doors,
the engines and around the cockpit area. I had to scribe some new panel lines around these
areas. I used Tamiya paints for the camo, Vallejo for the interior & Humbrol for the
engines. And for all the leading edges I used Humbrol Aluminum metalcoat which is the first time
I've sprayed metalcoat & was very pleased of how it came out. The weathering was done in many stages using chalks,
pastels & artist oils & it took a lot of time & trial and error but
I finally got the worn look I was after as I did not want to go over the top with it. For the decals I used Iliad Designs excellent "Camouflaged B-29s" set & I chose
"Old Battler" as
I really like the scheme & for the insignias I used "Superscale Internationals" Insignia set which are also great.